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poppy is in providence, rhode island for us. how is it there? >> i may have drawn as short a stick as ali drew on this one. the wind gusts are so severe here, it's gotten so much worse in the last hour. here is where you see a lot of the snow accumulation. i want to set viewers up with where we are. this is the heart of providence, rhode island. this is downtown. in front of city hall. there is not one soul in sight. the only vehicles that come down are plows every 20 minutes or so to try to clear it out. i talked to the governor today. i talked to the mayor of providence. i went to the emergency center here and the big concern right now here is how wet and thick this snow is. that is because it is landing on the power lines here, and it can take them down easily. they are pretty sure they're going to have power outages here. the question is how severe are those power outages going to be? you have temperatures now below 30 degrees here. they have shelters set up, but they're very worried because they saw what happened in the wake of sandy with p
poppy is in providence, rhode island for us. how is it there? >> i may have drawn as short a stick as ali drew on this one. the wind gusts are so severe here, it's gotten so much worse in the last hour. here is where you see a lot of the snow accumulation. i want to set viewers up with where we are. this is the heart of providence, rhode island. this is downtown. in front of city hall. there is not one soul in sight. the only vehicles that come down are plows every 20 minutes or so to try...
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providence, rhode island, is over there, and jason is over there. this has become worse, but all along the coast, from north of massachusetts, all the way around cape cod, to the south and then down to new york, we're in a flood zone. there is a severe flooding alert around those areas. that's problem number one. chris, problem number two is this wind. you said it a few minutes ago. a blizzard is not made by the snow. i'm getting all sorts of tweets from people in the midwest and ca canada saying what are you complaining about? we get more snow all the time. you don't get it with this speed and velocity. we have that going on. just about a half hour ago when i was on with antderson, a transformer blew. there are 130,000 customers across the northeast without power. roads are blocked. trees are taking out power lines. that's the probl we've got. here on cape cod, as you know, chris, probably about a quarter million people residing here in the winter. some of them may have left. >> all right, that is ali was right, they did have trouble with their sig
providence, rhode island, is over there, and jason is over there. this has become worse, but all along the coast, from north of massachusetts, all the way around cape cod, to the south and then down to new york, we're in a flood zone. there is a severe flooding alert around those areas. that's problem number one. chris, problem number two is this wind. you said it a few minutes ago. a blizzard is not made by the snow. i'm getting all sorts of tweets from people in the midwest and ca canada...
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it is certainly not as bad as connecticut as rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. there's been a lot of snow and wind. when we started the day there was no snow on the ground whatsoever and they have gotten quite a bit. it is starting to let up. we have had precipitation now for the last 20 hours in staten island. about four hours were rain and that's why we don't have more snow than there could have been. behind me is a tent. the reason the stent here is that's where people who have been left homeless from hurricane candy three months ago have been going for meals each and every day. while this blizzard hit earlier today there are 1400 homeless people still in staten island that were having meals inside of this tent. a lot of people call staten island the forgotten borough. staten island has 475,000 people, 5% of the population. we sh should tell you trivia folks, the borough with the most people is not manhattan but brock lynn is number one, queens is number two, manhattan number three, the bronx is number four and little staten island is number five but now a lo
it is certainly not as bad as connecticut as rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire and maine. there's been a lot of snow and wind. when we started the day there was no snow on the ground whatsoever and they have gotten quite a bit. it is starting to let up. we have had precipitation now for the last 20 hours in staten island. about four hours were rain and that's why we don't have more snow than there could have been. behind me is a tent. the reason the stent here is that's where people...
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connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island. a little shutting off in new york city rights now, but the snow is still coming down. and it will come down for the rest of the night. probably until morning. every time we see the blue here, the lighter blue, that is heavier snow. when you see the pink, that's what ali velshi is in. he's right there, and the pink is snow that's kind of melted and froze again, and the closer you get to the center of the low, the warmer it's going to get. and ali is going to be the closest person to that center of the low, so he's going to see that stuff, that pelting icy snow all night long. back out farther to the west, it's going to be all powdery snow because now it's getting colder. and we're getting even a little bluer area around new york city where the snow is coming down harder. probably another 4 to 6 for the city before it's done. that's what we're thinking at this point. more snow east of let's say saratoga all the way into new england. less snow if you obviously get west of the hudson rive
connecticut, massachusetts, rhode island. a little shutting off in new york city rights now, but the snow is still coming down. and it will come down for the rest of the night. probably until morning. every time we see the blue here, the lighter blue, that is heavier snow. when you see the pink, that's what ali velshi is in. he's right there, and the pink is snow that's kind of melted and froze again, and the closer you get to the center of the low, the warmer it's going to get. and ali is...
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eastern making it illegal for anyone in rhode island to be on the roads. ist-95 that entire corridor, connecticut, rhode island, completely shut down, folks. that has hasn'ted since the great blizzard of 1978 but the big struggle here in the early morning hours is the power outages. as marty told you 183,000 homes without power. that number is only going to go up. we knew this would happen because the snow is wet, the know is heavy and because the temperatures stayed a little bit above freezing you had wet, thick snow weighing on the power lines bringing them down and trees down and when the power goes out the big concern is the heat. we saw it in the aftermath of sandy but much warmer then. hoi soon can the power company, national grid, get that power back up and running? that is the situation on providence, rhode island, again, 183,000 homes without power. i want to go to susan candiotti, my colleague in boston, boston surely getting hit incredibly hard. what are you saying? >> reporter: much the same thing you are. it's blowing sideways as it has been p
eastern making it illegal for anyone in rhode island to be on the roads. ist-95 that entire corridor, connecticut, rhode island, completely shut down, folks. that has hasn'ted since the great blizzard of 1978 but the big struggle here in the early morning hours is the power outages. as marty told you 183,000 homes without power. that number is only going to go up. we knew this would happen because the snow is wet, the know is heavy and because the temperatures stayed a little bit above freezing...
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let's go to poppy harlow in rhode island. i know the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: he absolutely has. thank you for joining us. you have some news about i-95, the road that we just took to get up here. apparently we got here just in time, right? >> yes. those roads are fairly empty right now but we have imposed a travel restriction on 95 that you mentioned, 195 and 259. we also added 146 and 24. those roads have travel advisories on them. >> reporter: so you are basically shutting them down along to massachusetts and connecticut. i saw firsthand how tough the driving was. we saw jackknifed tractor-trailers and semis falling off the side of the road. it's no joke here. how many plows do you have out there on the road? >> we couldn't be more prepared because we had so much advanced warning and that's good. our big fear is power outages. you can see this wet snow. it's about 33 degrees and with that heavy, wet snow, if the wind kicks up and brings down trees and power lines, that's our fear. we're goin
let's go to poppy harlow in rhode island. i know the governor has declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: he absolutely has. thank you for joining us. you have some news about i-95, the road that we just took to get up here. apparently we got here just in time, right? >> yes. those roads are fairly empty right now but we have imposed a travel restriction on 95 that you mentioned, 195 and 259. we also added 146 and 24. those roads have travel advisories on them. >>...
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gloucester, rhode island, 25.7. boston -- use got it, rhode island to connecticut to massachusetts to mane -- to maine, the storm delivered. in boston, we have a blizzard warning until 1:00. that's because here's the snow. it will end in boston this afternoon, but you see it's still there. kind of this is the back end of it. so where we are seeing litchfield county, fairfield county, where ashleigh is in fairfield county, it is over. but the winds are blowing. we are going to see ten-foot drifts potentially with all of the blowing of the snow. but there's the back end. we're going to still see, we've got one more line. this a bit of dry air working in. but actually this has kind of been the area, this 91 corridor through connecticut and massachusetts that we saw the heavy-duty snow. where there was the most dynamic, the most uplift, that's where we ended up with the 30-inch pluses right here. it's funny. that's what happens with the weather. it's so circular, and it kind of just gets into such a rhythm that it's har
gloucester, rhode island, 25.7. boston -- use got it, rhode island to connecticut to massachusetts to mane -- to maine, the storm delivered. in boston, we have a blizzard warning until 1:00. that's because here's the snow. it will end in boston this afternoon, but you see it's still there. kind of this is the back end of it. so where we are seeing litchfield county, fairfield county, where ashleigh is in fairfield county, it is over. but the winds are blowing. we are going to see ten-foot...
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. >>> look how it was coming down in providence, rhode island. the governor is praising rhode islanders for following the 24-hour driving ban and making it easy for cleanup crews to get streets ready for tomorrow morning. that monday morning commute will be interesting around boston, no doubt. susan candiotti is in brook ts lin line. >> if you stood to the main streets it won't be a problem. this is what we're talking about around much of the rest of the city. the side streets are still in quasi good shape. the other streets are treacherous. the sun was out brilliantly today. it was melting a bit of the snow. but now that the temperatures are dipping down as the sun goes down it's just freezing up again. some of these streets can be treacherous to get around. we're seeing a lot of people slipping and sliding. then as you can see, some of the cars are still parked on the street. some are still wrapped up in snow. i don't know what it's going to take to move them out of the way. the city has been working very hard throughout sunday trying to clear
. >>> look how it was coming down in providence, rhode island. the governor is praising rhode islanders for following the 24-hour driving ban and making it easy for cleanup crews to get streets ready for tomorrow morning. that monday morning commute will be interesting around boston, no doubt. susan candiotti is in brook ts lin line. >> if you stood to the main streets it won't be a problem. this is what we're talking about around much of the rest of the city. the side streets...
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and in addition using every single emergency vehicle in rhode island. they have hired all of the contractors they can to help take care of this storm. i know you're going to talk to the mayor a little bit later, erin. it's getting significantly worse here by the minute. >> all right, thank you very much, poppy harlow. as we watch the storm approach, blizzard conditions here in new york city where i'm standing as well. it's because of the heavy snow and strong winds the city's mayor michael bloomberg has urged new yorkers to pack it up and get home early. >> you can't take nature too lightly. hopefully it won't be anything drastic and it's certainly not going to be a hurricane sandy. but that doesn't mean you can't get badly hurt or killed if you're not careful. and help others. >> all right, joining me "outfront" is new york city's police commissioner ray kelly. commissioner, good to see you again. last time i saw you was on the night of hurricane sandy. >> i remember it well. >> yeah. that was a frightening night in a lot of ways. are you ready for thi
and in addition using every single emergency vehicle in rhode island. they have hired all of the contractors they can to help take care of this storm. i know you're going to talk to the mayor a little bit later, erin. it's getting significantly worse here by the minute. >> all right, thank you very much, poppy harlow. as we watch the storm approach, blizzard conditions here in new york city where i'm standing as well. it's because of the heavy snow and strong winds the city's mayor...
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we've got long island, connecticut, rhode island, new hampshire, massachusetts, and probably parts of maine as well that are going to be dealing with these. national grid says about 100,000. i'm thinking about 250 before all is said and done. the problem is once those lines come down, once those poles come down, you're going to have to remove all this snow before you can get in there and do some of the repairs. so it's kind of a twofold problem here. and unfortunately one that they've warned people once you do lose power, especially if it's a severe case, it's going to be probably a week before you get that power back on, even though there are many crews on standby to get in there and help with the situation. the problem again, though, is to get the snow out of the way first. then we can get in on some of these roads and obviously get these power poles back up and the power lines back up. we'll see how that situation mounts tonight. the good news is here it is at nightfall on a friday night. most people are off the roads. the airports, even though they're not closed, are literally shu
we've got long island, connecticut, rhode island, new hampshire, massachusetts, and probably parts of maine as well that are going to be dealing with these. national grid says about 100,000. i'm thinking about 250 before all is said and done. the problem is once those lines come down, once those poles come down, you're going to have to remove all this snow before you can get in there and do some of the repairs. so it's kind of a twofold problem here. and unfortunately one that they've warned...
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thank you, in pawtucket, rhode island. want to let all of you know, i'll be anchoring special live coverage here as the peak of the blizzard hits the northeast, starting at midnight tonight. i'll be with you all the way through 5:00 in the morning right here on cnn. coming up, ashleigh banfield live in connecticut. she is measuring what has been falling so far. we'll talk to her in a moment. (dog) larry,larry,larrryyy. why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints? what's wrong with fetch? or chase? let's do this larry! ooh, i got it, i got it! (narrator) the calorie-smart nutrition in beneful healthy weight... includes grains and real chicken, because a healthy dog is a playful dog. beneful healthy weight. find us on facebook to help put more play in your day. ♪ it was the best day ♪ ♪ it was the best day yeah! ♪ it was the best day ♪ because of you [sigh] [echoing] we make a great pair. huh? progressive and the great outdoors -- we make a great pair. right, totally, uh... that's what i
thank you, in pawtucket, rhode island. want to let all of you know, i'll be anchoring special live coverage here as the peak of the blizzard hits the northeast, starting at midnight tonight. i'll be with you all the way through 5:00 in the morning right here on cnn. coming up, ashleigh banfield live in connecticut. she is measuring what has been falling so far. we'll talk to her in a moment. (dog) larry,larry,larrryyy. why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints?...
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talking more than two feet of snow in providence, rhode island. i think you have to go back to the blizzard of '78 and the eerie thing of the timing, 35 years ago this week. and this storm was truly epic. it was -- it was a northeast storm. go to atlantic city, new jersey, 20 inches of snow there. new york city shut down. but really, it was eastern massachusetts, rhode island, parts of connecticut. this thing was truly a monster. in massachusetts, you had up to four and a half feet of snow in some places. you had wind at 70 miles per hour in boston. 100 miles per hour in cape cod. you had 2,100 homes destroyed. 29 people in massachusetts that were killed by this thing. so obviously, it was a serious storm but it was also something if you're 40 or over and you're from new england, you're still talking about this and telling people about this and you remember this. under 40, you grew up hearing about it from those people. i have had -- i grew up in massachusetts. fascination with the storm and this week i went and looked for old pictures. take a loo
talking more than two feet of snow in providence, rhode island. i think you have to go back to the blizzard of '78 and the eerie thing of the timing, 35 years ago this week. and this storm was truly epic. it was -- it was a northeast storm. go to atlantic city, new jersey, 20 inches of snow there. new york city shut down. but really, it was eastern massachusetts, rhode island, parts of connecticut. this thing was truly a monster. in massachusetts, you had up to four and a half feet of snow in...
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at this hour, a state of emergency has been declared by the governance new york, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine, and new hampshire. residents in all six of those states are now facing what is shaping up to be a winter blizzard of historic proportions. at this point some of the heaviest snowfall is expected in the boston area, where forecasters are warning about the possibility of more than 2 feet of snow. massachusetts governor deval patrick banned all traffic from the roads after 4:00 p.m. tennessee today that is the first travel ban of that kind in more than three decades. and some shoreline residents in massachusetts have been asked to evacuate tonight. in neighboring connecticut, that state's governor, dan malloy has also issued a ban on all non-emergency motor vehicle traffic. and that ban took effect earlier this evening. and rhode island's governor lincoln chafee has taken similar measures, ordering cars off the roads instate as well. the storm has been blamed for this 19-car pileup and is causing travel problems in the air as well. at this point more than 4,000 fli
at this hour, a state of emergency has been declared by the governance new york, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine, and new hampshire. residents in all six of those states are now facing what is shaping up to be a winter blizzard of historic proportions. at this point some of the heaviest snowfall is expected in the boston area, where forecasters are warning about the possibility of more than 2 feet of snow. massachusetts governor deval patrick banned all traffic from the roads...
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connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine and new hampshire. there are coastal flood warnings along with the blizzard warnings. it seems weird to connect those two, but they have them. they're expecting the floods to be three to five feet of storm surge along the coastal areas as well. and here's the thing, it's like sandy all over again in terms of patterns converging. cold air coming up the coast and a big wind restorm from the midwest. jennifer delgado is monitoring the science of this much better than i did. >> you did a good job. i think you've been studying with chad myers. we're following the storm and we're watch twog areas, as ashleigh just said. one is the low off the coast. then another merging in off the great lakes. what this is going to do, this is going to produce a tremendous amount of snowfall. we're talking crippling. potentially historic. and some of the locations are going to see three feet of snow but you can see for areas including providence, boston, already heavy snow. it's only going to get heavier throughout the day. b
connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, maine and new hampshire. there are coastal flood warnings along with the blizzard warnings. it seems weird to connect those two, but they have them. they're expecting the floods to be three to five feet of storm surge along the coastal areas as well. and here's the thing, it's like sandy all over again in terms of patterns converging. cold air coming up the coast and a big wind restorm from the midwest. jennifer delgado is monitoring the science of this...
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as you mentioned, new york city when you compare it to boston and rhode island and connecticut, not nearly as bad here. >> five inches of snow in new york city. obviously, you can deal with that. wasn't too many years ago that new york city had a 20-inch snowfall. just wasn't our turn this time. >> thank you. thanks to you at home as well. we have a look at the second amendment and the power of the national rifle association. come back. >>> i've got lots to say about say but tonight we'll stick to her super bowl performance and why those lights went out. that's still ahead. >>> it's now a political reality that the national rifle association, the once poster child for how scary lobby groups can intimidate politicians and keep them from supporting common-sense and popular policies, that nra is no longer very scary at all, or influential, not in the way they would like us to think they are. a ppp poll released earlier this week found that an nra endorsement is now more likely to cost votes than to gain votes for a political candidate. we had hints of the nra's anemic influence during this pa
as you mentioned, new york city when you compare it to boston and rhode island and connecticut, not nearly as bad here. >> five inches of snow in new york city. obviously, you can deal with that. wasn't too many years ago that new york city had a 20-inch snowfall. just wasn't our turn this time. >> thank you. thanks to you at home as well. we have a look at the second amendment and the power of the national rifle association. come back. >>> i've got lots to say about say...
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we're going to have a lot of power loss tonight from long island, through connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, possibly even southern new hampshire and on into maine, depending how far west that wind gets. right now 25 million people under the blizzard warnings. and that means sustained winds for three hours or more of 35 miles per hour. certainly a rough night for some. a night for the dogs for some. either way you slice it, a good night to stay inside. >> it certainly is. we could see millions of people without power in the coming hours. jim cantore, thanks for your time tonight. we appreciate that we have a lot more coming up on tonight's "ed show." stay with us. >>> our guys are making great progress at this point, but the search continues. >> it's not rambo, it's real. the manhunt continues in california. up next, new developments from big bear mountain and from los angeles, where the lapd headquarters remains on lockdown. >>> then karl rove loses his cool over ashley judd on national television. >>> bill clinton is back, giving direction to the democrats. we'll talk to the
we're going to have a lot of power loss tonight from long island, through connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, possibly even southern new hampshire and on into maine, depending how far west that wind gets. right now 25 million people under the blizzard warnings. and that means sustained winds for three hours or more of 35 miles per hour. certainly a rough night for some. a night for the dogs for some. either way you slice it, a good night to stay inside. >> it certainly is. we could...
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states of emergency have been declared in new york, massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut, and a limited state of emergency was declared in maine. in connecticut, the governor banned all non-emergency vehicles from the highways. in massachusetts, all cars were ordered off the roads this afternoon. the archdiocese of boston urged people attending mass on sunday to use caution and prunes. and meteorologists expect this storm to leave behind 1 to 3 feet of snow. >>> when you think of snow and rain and sleet and gloom of night, you think of the post office, right? or rather the post office creed. here in new york, you can see it there. see it? just above the colonnade at the famous james a. farley post office. neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. and for the time being, mail delivery has not been interrupted in new york state, although the postal service is asking people to help out their mail people by clearing snow and ice from t the driveways and porches. but in new england where the snow is h
states of emergency have been declared in new york, massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut, and a limited state of emergency was declared in maine. in connecticut, the governor banned all non-emergency vehicles from the highways. in massachusetts, all cars were ordered off the roads this afternoon. the archdiocese of boston urged people attending mass on sunday to use caution and prunes. and meteorologists expect this storm to leave behind 1 to 3 feet of snow. >>> when you think...
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they are going to get buried up there, especially coastal maine to rhode island. the green is the rain. new york city, a mixture of snow and rain. long island, now over to mostly rain. coastal areas of southern new england, it's going to be a battle. that's why your snow totals will be a lot less. the full-blown snowstorm begins from boston to the hartford area and definitely around prove d providence. that's when the storm will be the strongest. that's when we'll have the blizzard conditions, high tide cycle. very dangerous at 10:00 a.m. near boston. that's when the highest winds will be felt. storm surge of two to four feet. if we're going to see houses damaged and falling into the water, we go early throughout tomorrow morning. again, the snowfall totals, they look pretty certain. one to two feet, a wide section of maine, southern new hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island with a possibility of a bulls eye of 24 to possibly 30 inches of snow. that's where it's historic. still, widespread all the way from buffalo down to philadelphia and new york ci
they are going to get buried up there, especially coastal maine to rhode island. the green is the rain. new york city, a mixture of snow and rain. long island, now over to mostly rain. coastal areas of southern new england, it's going to be a battle. that's why your snow totals will be a lot less. the full-blown snowstorm begins from boston to the hartford area and definitely around prove d providence. that's when the storm will be the strongest. that's when we'll have the blizzard conditions,...
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let's head back to rhode island. in that state alone, 87,000 customers are without power tonight so far. it could get worse. poppy harlow joined me from providence, and one of the circles that chad just drew. poppy, it's looking like a white-out behind you. >> it's a complete white-out, great point, anderson. let's point our camera down the end of the block, a restaurant, a tall hotel. you can't even see it anymore. that's the change we had in the last half hour. the pellets that ali and jason are feeling are coming right at us. there goes my hat. i'm sure cnn will give me another one. it's white-out conditions here. this is wet snow because it's 34 degrees, and that's the huge problem. that's why you have 87,000 customers in rhode island alone without power. because the snow is building up on the power lines. it's bringing them down. we just talked to the mayor's representative. he told us in providence alone, they have had 60 calls of downed trees or downed power lines. they have 120 vehicles alone on the road in p
let's head back to rhode island. in that state alone, 87,000 customers are without power tonight so far. it could get worse. poppy harlow joined me from providence, and one of the circles that chad just drew. poppy, it's looking like a white-out behind you. >> it's a complete white-out, great point, anderson. let's point our camera down the end of the block, a restaurant, a tall hotel. you can't even see it anymore. that's the change we had in the last half hour. the pellets that ali and...
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could bring easily up to 2 feet to new york city, long island, all of connecticut, all of rhode island, eastern massachusetts, coastal new hampshire and maine blizzard warnings. millions of people, hours left to prepare, the blizzard of 2013 is starting today. you can see where it's located behind me, off the outer banks of north carolina, the heavy rain shield goes up through the mid-atlantic, all the way into southern jersey. the snow part of the storm has yet to begin. that will happen as we go through the morning hours and especially after noon today into new england. that's really your cut-off time if you're anywhere from federal jersey northward. whatever you have to get done, you'll do it in rain this morning. after about noon, get off the roads. that's when we could get stuck and we want plows to be able to clear everything out. as far as the snow totals go, this is the latest thinking on the storm. we're looking at the possibility of over 2 feet in a huge section of eastern new england. that's the historic part of the storm, from the boston area down to providence. looks like
could bring easily up to 2 feet to new york city, long island, all of connecticut, all of rhode island, eastern massachusetts, coastal new hampshire and maine blizzard warnings. millions of people, hours left to prepare, the blizzard of 2013 is starting today. you can see where it's located behind me, off the outer banks of north carolina, the heavy rain shield goes up through the mid-atlantic, all the way into southern jersey. the snow part of the storm has yet to begin. that will happen as we...
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same thing in providence, rhode island. we'll go live to him next and then we'll talk about the penny and could the penny got way of dinosaurs and vinyl records and yet government has a big incentive to drop them. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. get ready for a lot more of that new-plane smell. we're building the youngest, most modern fleet among the largest us airlines to ensure that you are more comfortable and connected than ever. we are becoming a new american. >>> to that developing story we've been
same thing in providence, rhode island. we'll go live to him next and then we'll talk about the penny and could the penny got way of dinosaurs and vinyl records and yet government has a big incentive to drop them. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues...
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and there are states of emergency in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, and new york. there are travel bans in massachusetts, and connecticut except for essential vehicles. almost 5,000 flights have been canceled so far. new jersey transit suspended several of its train lines, the morris and essex lines, montclair boonton line have been suspended. the storm is really hitting new england especially hard. this was massachusetts governor deval patrick earlier today. >> i have signed an executive order banning vehicle traffic effective at 4:00 today. this is going to be a very serious weather event if we get the amount of snow forecast, the recovery will be slow, people should prepare for that. >> this is thought to be the first time such a travel ban has been instituted in massachusetts since 1978. right now, there are the numbers. there are more than 191,000 power outages in massachusetts alone. rhode island experiencing about 122,000 as a result of the storm. connecticut more than 34,000. the two biggest utilities there, planning for the possibility of more than 400,000
and there are states of emergency in massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, and new york. there are travel bans in massachusetts, and connecticut except for essential vehicles. almost 5,000 flights have been canceled so far. new jersey transit suspended several of its train lines, the morris and essex lines, montclair boonton line have been suspended. the storm is really hitting new england especially hard. this was massachusetts governor deval patrick earlier today. >> i have signed...
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you got states of emergency declared now in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. want to bring in susan candiotti in boston, alison kosik in new york. let's start off this new york. what does it look like? everybody has their cnn gear organization ready to go. >> reporter: it's hailing right now. so it's sort of wet heavy icy kind of snow that really makes you want to sort of walk really slow or you'll slip and fall on the sidewalk like this will. what's happening in new york what i'm hearing is a lot of offices in new york city, they're closing early because the trick is to get everybody home before the blizzard conditions really begin. those blizzard conditions expected to begin at 7:00. that's when you'll see the highest accumulations. so, yeah, a lot of workplaces are closing early. the big push is to get everybody out of the city and to do that, extra trains are being added to the schedule. subway systems of course are being run more efficiently because the buses, the subways, the trains, they move 8.5 million people in and out of the city every single day. s
you got states of emergency declared now in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts. want to bring in susan candiotti in boston, alison kosik in new york. let's start off this new york. what does it look like? everybody has their cnn gear organization ready to go. >> reporter: it's hailing right now. so it's sort of wet heavy icy kind of snow that really makes you want to sort of walk really slow or you'll slip and fall on the sidewalk like this will. what's happening in new york...
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we weren't going to get the points in connecticut like we were in rhode island and massachusetts. the wind gusts, the worst of it, we saw the gust to 76 in boston, which is super impressive. i'm sure that did some damage all by itself. with the weight of the snow on the trees, i'm sure there's a lot of downed trees. i'm sure the power outages are doubling. here's a look at the storm. this looks almost like a huge hurricane. this is a big winter blizzard, call it a nor'easter if you want. we haven't had one location with three hours of visibility less than a quarter mile and winds above 35 miles per hour. that's the criteria. you need to meet both of those for three hours to be considered a blizzard. we've been close in areas like providence and boston but not quite yet. this isn't our winter radar, it doesn't show you rain versus snow but it gives you the idea of where the heaviest is. the banned is sneaking up through new hampshire and about to go into coastal maine. we've seen enhanced snow around new york city. we only had 2 or 3 inches in central park. you're probably going to
we weren't going to get the points in connecticut like we were in rhode island and massachusetts. the wind gusts, the worst of it, we saw the gust to 76 in boston, which is super impressive. i'm sure that did some damage all by itself. with the weight of the snow on the trees, i'm sure there's a lot of downed trees. i'm sure the power outages are doubling. here's a look at the storm. this looks almost like a huge hurricane. this is a big winter blizzard, call it a nor'easter if you want. we...
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island or connecticut, be cautious and aware of what you're doing. ashleigh? >> reporter: jason, that is just devastating to hear it took just up to 15 minutes. i had no idea that it was that quick. it is just such a reminder of how dangerous it can be. just to be outside and dealing with vehicles in weather like this. jason carol, live for us in boston. brianna, i'm going to toss it back to you. i know there's a lot of other news of the day, as well as this incredible storm and all of its residual problems. >> that's right. busy day here, ashleigh. we'll be checking back in with you. but next up, poking fun at his own weight on late night television. but should governor chris christie be taking his obesity more seriously? and, i don't know, could it stop him from being president? or vice president? we'll talk about his political future ahead. so awesomely dels my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta ta
island or connecticut, be cautious and aware of what you're doing. ashleigh? >> reporter: jason, that is just devastating to hear it took just up to 15 minutes. i had no idea that it was that quick. it is just such a reminder of how dangerous it can be. just to be outside and dealing with vehicles in weather like this. jason carol, live for us in boston. brianna, i'm going to toss it back to you. i know there's a lot of other news of the day, as well as this incredible storm and all of...
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rhode island had the highest concentration, the highest percentage of folks without power so we're going to go back to you, craig. i understand breaking news on the west coast. >> ron mott there for us in boston. want to get to the other big story right now. out on the west coast, officials there at los angeles police headquarters getting ready to give us news on the christopher dorner situation. dorner, the former cop, suspected of killing three including another former police officer. you are looking at l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa offering details on a major reward being offered. >> good afternoon. today the search for christopher dorner continues. let me be clear. our dedication to catching this killer remains steadfast. our confidence that we will bring him to justice is unshaken. this search is not a matter of if. it's a matter of when, and i want christopher dorner to know that. to that end we're all here today for one purpose, to stand united and say that we will not tolerate a killer targeting our officers and their families, targeting innocent people in this city and in this
rhode island had the highest concentration, the highest percentage of folks without power so we're going to go back to you, craig. i understand breaking news on the west coast. >> ron mott there for us in boston. want to get to the other big story right now. out on the west coast, officials there at los angeles police headquarters getting ready to give us news on the christopher dorner situation. dorner, the former cop, suspected of killing three including another former police officer....
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former representative kennedy, from rhode island told me he didn't want to be public about it, because how can you be in politics and openly say you struggle with depression or something, you will lose your job. but then the dialogue gets shut down. so we have to remove the stigma, and i think that is a nice thing that came from the film. people are talking about it. so many people have written me, professional athletes have written me. there are a lot of people saying thank you for making this okay, it is a movie that is warm and has humor in it and i can talk about it now, and i don't feel like i have to hide the stuff. >> it is a great book that you found that you adapted into this movie. but -- and it seems to me it is something you could have been drawn to even without having this issue in your family, because the material is just so perfect for a movie. >> yeah, it is charming, and enchanting, emotional, intense, all the things i look for in a movie. i came off "the fighter," which is an intense movie. that is when i first met you. this is also an intense story, a family story bu
former representative kennedy, from rhode island told me he didn't want to be public about it, because how can you be in politics and openly say you struggle with depression or something, you will lose your job. but then the dialogue gets shut down. so we have to remove the stigma, and i think that is a nice thing that came from the film. people are talking about it. so many people have written me, professional athletes have written me. there are a lot of people saying thank you for making this...
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island. people waiting in line for gas. cars, 20 cars deep lines, which is pretty startling and pretty unnerving because everybody is sort of running around trying to prepare. i even went to the grocery store. i got the last apple on the shelf, carol. >> thank god for that! alison kosik reporting live from new york city. >>> the big question on everyone's mind in the northeast, is who is going to get the worst of the storm. meteorologist jennifer delgado is at cnn with that side of the story. >> right now the calm before the storm, this is the time you really need to make sure you have everything prepared because conditions are going to go downhill especially as we go through late this afternoon into the evening hours. here's the radar. looking at what's happening now, snow moving into parts of northern new jersey including newark as well into new york, into areas like hartford as well as into providence, they're picking up light snow there. by 3:00 in the afternoon, we're expecting this all
island. people waiting in line for gas. cars, 20 cars deep lines, which is pretty startling and pretty unnerving because everybody is sort of running around trying to prepare. i even went to the grocery store. i got the last apple on the shelf, carol. >> thank god for that! alison kosik reporting live from new york city. >>> the big question on everyone's mind in the northeast, is who is going to get the worst of the storm. meteorologist jennifer delgado is at cnn with that side...
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blizzard warnings issued in massachusetts and rhode island. these are some of the possible snow totals in some places snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches per hour. >>> take a look at what happened when a 70-year-old man got confused trying to find a parking spot. you see his camry. it is suspended over a stairwell caught between a concrete wall and building. the driver mistakenly stepped on the gas of the car, flew like a rocket through the guardrail. amazingly no one was hurt. >>> senator marco rubio will deliver the republican response to the president's state of the union address on tuesday. rubio will give that response in english and spanish. the gop trying to be more inclusive of latinos one of rubio's aides says the senator is writing his own speech. >>> in money news the hacker group anonymous is claiming responsibility for hacking the web site of the federal reserve and stealing the contact information of more than 4,000 bankers. that breech is raising questions about the security at the central bank. alison kosik is at t
blizzard warnings issued in massachusetts and rhode island. these are some of the possible snow totals in some places snow could fall at a rate of two to three inches per hour. >>> take a look at what happened when a 70-year-old man got confused trying to find a parking spot. you see his camry. it is suspended over a stairwell caught between a concrete wall and building. the driver mistakenly stepped on the gas of the car, flew like a rocket through the guardrail. amazingly no one was...